What the decision says
Ahmad facilitated unsupervised or unauthorized access by releasing the lockbox code to his buyer client so the client could get into the property, and by failing to attend with the client during a viewing appointment.
The findings are unprofessional conduct under section 2 of the Code, and the protection-of-property rule in section 22.5 of the General Regulation.
- Registrant
- Sufyan Ahmad
- Regulator
- Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO)
- Decision released
- 17 July 2025
- Legislation
- REBBA 2002
- Findings
- Code of Ethics s. 2(a), 2(b), and General Regulation s. 22.5(a), 22.5(b)
- Fine
- $6,000
- Also ordered
- Fine payable within six months, and completion of RECO's Introduction to TRESA course.
- Type of finding
- Regulatory Professional conduct. Not a criminal or civil finding.
The penalty
The order was a fine of $6,000. Fine payable within six months, and completion of RECO's Introduction to TRESA course.
Why this record matters
Handing over a code is the most common shortcut in these records, and the easiest to explain away as convenience. The rule does not bend for convenience. If your agent cannot make the appointment, the appointment moves.
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Source. Discipline decision of the Real Estate Council of Ontario, released 17 July 2025. Retrieved from the Internet Archive's capture of RECO's published decisions list on 6 September 2026 and republished here unaltered. RECO's own copy is at registrantsearch.reco.on.ca.